This was something many people had never expected.
Because of this matter, the assembled ministers had even joined together to submit a memorial, claiming that Su Qiao suffered from a leg ailment and could not become Empress, at most being fit to become a consort.
Then, Chief Physician Yu, the most authoritative physician in the Imperial Hospital, announced in court that Su Qiao's leg ailment had been cured and that there was not the slightest problem with her legs.
Everything had developed far too quickly. Su Yuxin, who had remained at a small manor because of her leg injury, was stunned when she heard the news and failed to regain her senses for a long time.
She had been waiting for news from the Fourth Prince, waiting for him to marry her into the Fourth Prince's residence once her leg healed. She had been waiting to advise him, bring down the Crown Prince, and seize the throne.
Yet none of that was possible now.
The Fourth Prince's hasty rebellion had failed, his Imperial Concubine Mother had been assassinated, and her maternal family had suffered along with her. As for him, not only had he been confined as a criminal, but one of his legs had also been severed, leaving him thoroughly crippled with no possibility of recovery.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?"
"No, this isn't right. None of this should have happened. Something must have gone wrong... Something must have gone wrong..."
Su Yuxin had become dull-witted after personally killing her own mother. The stick she had been using to support herself fell from her hand, and she collapsed onto the steps before the door, unable to react for a long time.
Standing at the entrance in splendid robes, Su Qiao curled her lips into a smile,